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Oct. 1-0; 1961 G. c. ELLERBECK CALCULATING MAcHNE 12 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed Jan. 8, 1957 .@Fwme 000000000 n n g @@Q@ m@ @m l @@QQQQ@ @@@mo a gIn lm-HIwH @@@womomwcmmb 0m uw m@ @l ,@Qlww @66% @@@Ewgmwmmmm M unvuurnS. f m| S Oct. 10, 1961 Filed Jan. 8, 1957 G. C. ELLERBECK CALCULATINGMACHINE 12 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 10, 1961 G. c. ELLERBECK CALCULATINGMACHINE l2 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. 8, 1957 Oct. 10, 1961 G. c.ELLERBECK CALCULATING MACHINE 12 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Jan. 8, 1957mlm-HM Oct. I0; 19`61 Ga. c.. ELLERBECK cALoULA-TING MACHINE Filed Janv.8., 19573` Oct. 10, 1961i G. C..ELI\ ERBEJCKJ CALCULATING MACHINE 12Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Jan. 8 1957 Oct. 10, 1961 G. c. `@ELLERBECKCALCULATING MACHINE 12 Sheets-Sheet '7 .Filed aan. 84, 1957 NIMH-uhmmOct. 10, .1961 G. c. ELLERBECK ICALCULATING MACHINE .12 Sheets-Sheet 8Filed Jan. 8, 1957 Oct. 10, 1961 G. C. ELLERBECK 3,003,689

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CALCULATING MACHINE Filed Jan. 8, 1957 l2 Sheets-Sheet 12 United StatesPatent Otlice r3,003,689 Patented Oct. 10, 1961 3,003,689 CALCULATINGMACHINE Grant C. Ellerbeck, San Leandro, Calif., assignor to Friden,Inc., a corporation of California Filed Jan. 8, 1957, Ser. No. 632,997

7 Claims. (Cl. 23S-63) This invention relates to calculating machineshaving automatic division programing mechanism and more particularly toanimproved dividend and divisor aligning mechanism for such a machine,and in effect is an improvement over the aligning mechanism disclosed inmy patent, No. 2,919,852 issued January 5, 19601.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide, in a calculatingmachine having plural order dividend and divisor receiving mechanismstransordinally movable relative to each other, means effective uponinitiation of division operation of the machine, to sense the ordinalposition of the dividend relative to the divisor and shift the dividendto a right-hand terminal or predetermined position relative to thedivisor, if the dividend initially extended to the left of the highestorder of the divisor.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide in acalculating machine having a plural order dividend storing component anda plural order divisor storing component and division programmingmechanism, means for shifting one plural order component relative to theother plural order component, one ordinal step for each machine cycle,in a direction to bring the higher orders of the shifting'component intoregistry with the highest order of the other component, before thebeginning of the division programming operation, the divisionprogramming mechanism being effective to shift theone component in theother direction relative to the other cornponent one ordinal step foreach three machine cycles during the division programming operation.

It is also an object of the invention to provide in a calculatingmachine of the character ind'cated, means for sensing the ordinalposition of a dividend relative to a divisor in not more than twooperating cycles of the machine and for starting division operationimmediately if the dividend is sensed to be in alignment with, or to theright of the divisor.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a dividend anddivisor aligning mechanism which is simple in construction, rapid andpositive lin operation, and which can be applied to an existingcalculating machine with no material change in the construction of themachine.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a considerationof the following description and the appended claims in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a calculating machine incorporatingdivision aligning mechanism exemplifying the invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, view near the right-hand side FIG. 3 is afragmentary, view substantially on a plane of FIG. l;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the machine;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view substantially on a planeindicated by the line 5-5 of FIG. 3 with ythe register carriage of themachine omitted;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of elements disposed tothe right of the structure shown in FIG. 2 and looking from the lef-hand side thereof;

FIG. 7 is a side elevational View of the right-hand side of the machinewith the machine cover removed;

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary elevational view of the rightlongitudinalcross-sectional or" the machine;

longitudinal cross-sectional indicated by the line 3-3 2 hand end of themachine with some of the parts shown in FIG. 7 omitted to betterillustrate other parts;

FIG. 9 is a view similar `to FIG. 8 with the parts in a dilferentoperative position from that shown in FIG. 8; 'i

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the division aligning mechanism shownin FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view substantially on a planeindicated by the line 11-11 of FIG. l;

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view substantially on a planeindicated by the line 12-12 of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a top plan View of the left-hand end portion of the lmachineregister carriage with certain of the parts broken away to illustratethe construction of an extended tens-transfer mechanism mounted on thecarriage;

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view substantially on a planeindicated by the line 14-14 of FIG. 13;

FIG. l5 is a transverse cross-sectional view substantially on a planeindicated by the line 15-15 of FIG. l13; and,

FIG. 16 is a fragmentary, longitudinal cross-sectional view on anenlarged scale taken substantially on a plane indicated by the line16-16 of FIG. 1.

With continued reference to the drawings, there is illustrated awell-known form of automatic calculating machine having therein specialmechanism, brought into operation by depression of the division key ofthe machine, to sense the ordinal position of a dividend relative to adivisor in the machine so that the dividend and divisor may be promptlybrought into proper alignment for the division operation. Since themachine is, in general, wellknown and'fully illustrated and described inprior patents, the following description will detail only those portionsofthe calculating machine that cooperate directly with the improveddivision alignment mechanism of the present invention.

f Selection Referring to FIG. 1, it will be observed that the machinehas a full keyboard including a plurality of digit keys 2t) arranged inten ordinal rows with keys numbered from l to 9 in each row. An ordinal0, or clear, key 21 is disposed at the front endof each row of digitkeys 20, each such `key being effective, when depressed, to release adepressed digit key in the samek order, or, if raised, to lock such adepressed key in the depressed condition. The full keyboard keys 20 areused for entering amounts either additively or subtractivelyr into themain, or accumulative, register ofthe machine, for entering a dividendin the accumulative, or dividend, register, and yfor setting up adivisor to be divided into the dividend set up in the dividendregister.- It is to be understood, however, that a dividend may beentered or set up in the dividend register by other means, as bymanually turning the dividend register dials, or as the product of aprevious multiplication operation. In some machines the y dividend mayalso be entered in the dividend register by` transfer from anotherregister or a constant factor storage mechanism. i K

The machine is` also provided with an auxiliary keyboard for use inmultiplication. The auxiliary keyboard has ten digit keys 22 and a 0fkey 23 for entering amounts in a multiplier storage mechanism ofwell-known construction. f

A number of control keys are also provided and include an addition key25, a subtraction key 26, a carriage right shift control key 27, `acarri-age left shift control key 28, a division control key 29, aquotient register sign reversing control key 30 disposed alongside thedvision key 29, a keyboard clearing key 31 and -a register return andclear key 32. A group of manually operated scribed group of control keysand includes a keyboard add lever, or key, 37, which, when in operativeposition, causes the machine to clear the keyboard and come to a stop atthe end of each machine operating cycle. 'lfhere is also a dividendtabulating key 38, which is effective, in combination with a series oftabulating buttons 40 carried by the register carriage of the machine,to cause a dividend set up in the keyboard to be entered into thedividend register at a selected ordinal position as predetermined by theselection of the tab buttons 40.

A plurality of multiplication control keys are grouped around theauxiliary keyboard of the machine and include a multiplier clearing key41, a multiplication key 42, an accumulate multiplication key 43 and anegative accumulate multiplication key 44. Control keys, or levers, -aredisposed rearwardly of the auxiliary keyboard and include amultiplication repeat key 45, a multiplier nonentry key 46 and a counterregister direction control key 47.

All of the above-mentioned keys have stems extending through suitableapertures in the top portion t) of the machine cover. The top portionSi) also has a window 51 through which the check dials 52 of themultiplier storage mechanism are visible. Side panels 53 and 54 coverthe left-hand side and right-hand side of the machine at thecorresponding edges of the front cover portion 50, and the top portionis extended downwardly to provide a `cover for the front end of themachine.

A shiftable carriage 60 is slidably mounted on the machine rearwardly ofthe full keyboard and carries the accumulator, or dividend register, 61and the counter, or quotient register, 62, as well as the tabulationbuttons 40. The carriage is provided with a cover 63 having windowopenings therein through which the register dials may be viewed andthrough which the tabulation buttons 40, and the twirler knobs 64 forthe accumulator register dials, project. A pair of knobs 65 and 66 isdisposed above the cover 63 at the right-hand end of the carriage andhave stems extended through corresponding slots in the carriage coverand connected to the register clearing mechanism for operating suchmechanism to manually clear the registers 61 and 62.

The frame of the machine (FIG. 5) includes a base plate, notillustrated, a left-hand side plate 70, a righthand side plate 71 and anoutboard, or control, plate 77 disposed to the right of the rightahandplate 71. The plate 70 is shown in FIG. 3, the plate 71 in FlG. 2. theplate 77 in FIG. 6, and the relative position of these plates is shownin FlG. 5. The plate 70 may be provided in two or more pieces and thereare also one or more intermediate plates, or brackets, not shown in FIG.5. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of cross-members 72, 73, 74, 7S, and76 are disposed between the side plates 70 and 71 in spaced-apart andparallel relationship to each other and are supported, either directlyor indirectly, by the side plates.

The main, or full, keyboard of the machine has a frame 80 (FIG. 3)supported at its rear end on the top edge of the cross-member 72 andprovided with openings through which the stems 81 of the keys 20 extend.The keys are supported for sliding movement relative to the frame 80 bypairs of upper and lower rods 82 and 83 which extend transversely of theframe and through slots provided, one in each key stem. The keys areresiliently urged to their raised position by individual springs 84- andare releasably latched in depressed position by ordinal latching bars85, engageable in notches 86 in the key stems. A pair of selectionslides, or V-bars, 87 and 88 is disposed below each row of keys 20 andsupported on pivcted struts, one of which is shown in FIG. 3, anddesignated 89. Each of the bars 87 and 88 is provided in its upper edgewith a series of notches 90. These notches have differentially inclinedcam edges and each of the key stems 81 carries a pin 91 which cooperateswith the corresponding cam edges when the key is depressed to move theassociated selection slide forwardly d differential amount. The notchesare so arranged that the slide 87 of each pair is moved by the l to 5keys of the corresponding row, while the slide 88 is moved by the 6 to"9 keys of the same row.

A plurality of square shafts extend rearwardly from the cross-member 72in ordinal arrangement with the keyboard and in spaced-apart andparallel relationship to each other. Each of these square shafts isjournalled at its front end in the cross-member 72, at its rear end inthe rear cross-member 76, and intermediate its length in thecross-member 7d. Selection gears 96 and 97 are slidably mounted intandem relationship on each square shaft, and these gears, when driven,are effective to drive the corresponding square shafts. These gears areslidable along the corresponding square shafts, but are drivinglyconnected to the square shafts by reason of the square shafts extendingthrough square apertures in the gears. The selection slides are extendedrearwardly of the cross-member 72, the slide 87 being provided at itsrear end with a yoke 98 which engages in a hub groove in the gear 96,4and the slide 88 being provided with a similar yoke 99 which engages ina hub groove in the gear 97. With this arrangement the gear 96 or thegear 97 will be differentially set along the corresponding square shaft95 in accordance with the number of the digit key 20 depressed in thesame order as the square shaft.

Between the cross-members 75 and 76, each square shaft carries -aregister `dial driving spool 100 which is slidable on, and rotatablewith, the square shaft. The spools 100 are frequently referred to asplus-minus spools and each comprises an intermediate sleeve portion ofcylindrical shape and plus and minus beveled gears 101 and 102 disposedrespectively at the front and rear ends of the intermediate portion.

Acnmtion A plurality of actuator shafts 105 extends between thecross-members 72 and 75 below, and parallel to, the square shafts 95.Each actuator shaft is journalled at its front end in the plate 72, atits rear end in the plate 75, and carries two stepped sector drums 106and 107. Each actuator shaft is disposed between two adjacent squareshafts, and one of the drums on each actuator shaft operates theselection gears on the square shaft to the right of that vactuatorshaft, while the other drum operates the selection gears on the squareshaft to the left of the particular actuator shaft. Each of thesteppeddrums 106 and 107 comprises a series of toothed sectors havingfrom one to nine teeth, and the gears 96 and 97 are so arranged thatwhen a digit key 20 is depressed the corresponding gear will be broughtinto alignment with the toothed sector having the number of teethcorresponding to the number of the depressed key. When the machinecycles, the square -shaft will then be given a partial rotationcomprising a number of rotational increments corresponding to the numberof the depressed keyboard key.

A main power shaft `110 extends transversely of the machine at theIfront side of the cross-member 72 and is journalled on thiscross-member. Each of the `actuator shafts 105 carries, at the rearwardside of the plate72, a miter gear 111, and the shaft 110 carries aseries of miter gears 112 meshing with corresponding miter gears 111 todrive the actuator shafts when the main shaft 110 is driven.

Referring to FIG. 2, a clutch disk |1113- is secured on the ri-ght-handend of shaft 110 at the outer side of the right-hand side plate 71. Agear 1.14 (FIG. 5) is journalled on the shaft 110 at the outer, orright-hand, side of the clutch disk 113, and this gear carries a ratchetwheel 115 which is iournalled on the sha-ft 110 between the gear and theclutch disk 113. A clutch pawl 1116 is pivotally mounted at one end onthe clutch d-isk 1'13 and has, intermediate its length, a toothformation 117 engageable with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 115. fordrivingly connecting the gear 1114 to the shaft 110. A spring 118,connected to the free end of the pawl l116, urges the pawl to move in adirection to bring its tooth 117 into engagement with the teeth of theratchet wheel 115. A clutch control arm 12@ is pivotally mounted on theside plate 71 yby a pivotal support 121 and has its lower end positionedto engage a shoulder 122 on the clutch pawl 116 near the free end of theclutch pavvl. When the lower end of the control llever 120l is inengagement with the shoulder 122, the clutch pawl is held away Ifrom theratchet wheel 115 so that the gear 114 can rotate freely on the shaft1113. `When, however, the control arm 121) is rocked in a clockwisedirection, as viewed in FIG. 2, the clutch pawl 116 is released andmoved by the spring 118 to drivingly connect the gear 114 to the mainpower shaft 110. A motor shaft 123 `extends through the side plate 71and carries a drive gear 124. One or more idler gears 125 is drivinglyinterposed between the gear 124 and the gear 114 to provide a speedreducing drive between the motor shaft and the power shaft 110.

The motor circuit is controlled by a suitable switch, not illustrated,and this switch is operated by a slid'able link 130. A lever 131 ispivotally mounted intermediate its length on the frame side plate 71 andis pivot-ally connected at its lower end to `the front end of the link130. A link 132 connects the upper end of the lever 131 to the upper endof the clutch control arm 120 so that when the lever 131 is rockedclockwise, -as viewed in FIG. 2, the clutch control arm 121i' is rockedto cause the clutch to engage and the link 130 is moved forwardly toclose the motor switch. A roller 133 is mounted on the control arrn 120between the pivot 121 and the lower end of this arm and the clutch disk113 has a single low portion which receives this roller when the disk isin the full-cycle position of the machine. When the roller 133 is out ofthe low portion in the cam, the link 130 is maintained in position tokeep the motor switch closed so that the motor cannot stop when themachine is out of its fullcycle position.

A earn arm 134 is pivoted on the pivotal mounting of the -lever 131 andconnected to this lever. The right shift key 27 has a roller stud 13Swhich engages the cam arm 134 to rock this arm and the arm 131 in aclockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 2, when the key 27 is depressed.The left shift key 28k carries a similar roller stud 136 engaging thecam arm 134 when the key 28 is depressed, so that the clutch ywill beengaged iand the motor switch closed whenever the right shift key or theleft shift key is depressed.

As shown in FIG. 6, a motor control slide 137 is slidably mounted on theinner, or left-hand, side ofthe control plate 77 by screws 133 and 139which extend through slots in the control slide and through slots in theyadd and subtract key stems 1411i and 141 to the control plate; Theslide is provided in its upper edge with diagonalnotches inclined in thesame direction. The keystems'140'and 141 carry pins 142 and 143 whichengage lin the inclined notches in the control slide to move the sliderearwardly whenever the addition key 2S or the subtraction ykey 26 isdepressed. A pin 144 projects to the left `from the forward portion ofthe slide 137 and is engaged in a notch in the lower edge of a link 145(FIG. 2), pivotally secured at its rearward end to the upper end of thelever 131, so that the lever 1311 is rocked to engage they cyclic clutchand close the motor switch whenever the addition key or the subtractionkey is depressed.

Accumulation mechanism As shown in FIG. 3, the carriage 60 comprises atubular frame member 150 of substantially rectangular crosssectionalshape, yand a Ifront rail 151 of channel-shaped cross-section held inspaced and parallel relationship to the front side of the member 150. Atits rea-r side, the member G is slidably supported on the upper edge ofa xed rail 152 carried `by the rear cross-member 76 of the machinevframe. The front rail 151 is supported on rollers 153 carried by theframe cross-member 73. The accumulative, or dividend, register 61comprises a series of dial assemblies extending through the carriageframe member at uniformly spaced-apart locations `along this framemember. In the arrangement illustrated in FIG. l, there are ten ordersof keys in the full keyboard, and there are twenty dial assemblies inthe accumulative register. When the carriage is in its terminalleft-hand position, as shown in FIG. l, the first eleven orders of theaccumulative register will be serviced by the tenstransfer mechanismsoperated directly by the actuating mechanism of the machine. The nineupper orders of this register, that is the twelfth to twentieth orders,will be outboard of the primary tens-transfer mechanism and, in order tocomplete tens-carries to the highest order of the register, require anextended teus-transfer mechanism, as will -be later described.

Each of the dial assemblies of theaccumulat-ive, or dividend, registercomprises a shaft '155 disposed in substantially upright position andextending through, and journalled in, the yframe member 150. Each'shaft155 carries on its lower end, below the bottom surface of the framemember 150, a beveled gear 156 engageable by the spool gears 101 and 102of the corresponding order to rotate the dial assembly in one directionor the other, depending on which of the gears 10'1 or 102 is inengagement withk the gear 156. A single lobe tens-transfer cam 157 ismounted on the shaft f155 4between the gear 156 and the bottom surfaceof the frame member 150. This cam cooperates with a pivotedtens-transfer lever 158, to be referred to later in connection with thedescription of the tens-transfer mechanism. A numbered dial 159 ismounted on the upper end of the shaft immediately above the top surfaceof the frame member 150 and the twirler knob 64 projects upwardly fromthe upper end of the dial. A mutilated clearing ygear 160 is mounted onthe shaft 155 within the interior of the hollow frame member 151i. Aclearing rack161 is slidably mounted in a recess extending:longitudinally of the upper portion of the interior of the frame member150 and engagesthe gears 166 to turn the dial `assemblies to their 0position when the rack 1161 is moved to the right relative to thecarriage.

The counter, or quotient register, comprises a series of dial assembliesuniformly spaced-apart along the carriage frame member 150 and extendingbetween this frame member and the front rail 151, with their rotationalaxes substantially perpendicular to the rotational axes of the coordinaldial assemblies of the accumulative, or dividend, register. Each of thecounter register dial assemblies cornprises a shaft journalled at itsrear end in the front portion of the frame member 150 and journalled atits front end in the front rail 151 of the carriage frame. 1n each ofthe counter register dial assemblies, a numbered dial 166 of cylindricalshape is mounted on the dial shaft 165. An operating gear 167 is mountedon the shaft at the front side of the dial 166 and a flange 168 issupported in a position forwardly of the gear 167 by an intervening gearhub, or sleeve. The flange 168 is provided with a single notch whichcooperates with the counter register-actuator 170 for effecting atens-transfer from lower orders to higher orders of the register. Amutilated clearing gear 171 is mounted on each kshaft: 165 between thecorresponding dial 166 and the carriage frame member 150. A clearingrack 172 engages these gears when the rack is moved to the rightrelative to the carriage, to return the dial 166 to 0 position. The rack172 is supported on guide rollers 173 mounted on the front side of theframe member 150.

The counter actuator comprises a shaft 175'which extends in spaced andparallel relationship to the front side of the carriage frame member 150and substantially immediately below the carriage front rail 151. Thisshaft is rocked and reciprocated during operation of the ma` chine bymechanism well-known to the art. A series of sleeves 176 is mounted onthe shaft 175 in end-to-end relationship. Each sleeve has a length ofapproximately one order of the counter register and has fingers, asindicated at 177 and 178, projecting upwardly, respectively at the rightand left end of the sleeves. Brackets are secured to the shaft 175, oneat each end of the actuator 170, and a rod 179 extends between thesebrackets and is held by them in spaced and parallel relationship to theshaft 175. Each of the fingers 178 is connected to the rod 179 by acorresponding tension spring 188 so that the fingers 177 and 178 areresiliently urged to rock with the shaft 175. The ngers alwaysreciprocate with the shaft but, since the finger 177 is disposed at theside of the flange 168, remote from the corresponding gear 167, it willrestrain the associated finger 178 from engaging the gear 167 exceptwhen the single notch in the flange 168 is in alignment with the linger177. The arrangement is such that when a linger 177 passes through anotch in the associated flange 168, the linger 178 on the same sleevecan engage the actuating gear 167 of the next higher order and impart aunit rotation to the dial 166 of such higher order. The notch in theflange 168 will be in alignment with the associated finger 177 only whenthe coordinal dial 166 moves through its 9 to 0 position additively orsubtractively, and a tens-transfer to the next higher order isappropriate. The orders of the actuator 170 will operate the coordinaldial assemblies of the counter register, regardless of the ordinalposition of the carriage relative to the counter actuator.

The carriage is shifted to the right or to the left relative to thestationary portion of the machine by mechanism particularly illustratedin FIGS. 4 and 5. The carriage shifting mechanism derives its power fromrearward elongations of the two right-hand actuator shafts 105. Therearward elongations of these shafts are indicated at 185a and 105]: inFIG. 5. The shaft extension 105:1 carries, on its rear end, a rockableclutch element 182, and the shaft extension 105b carries, on its rearend, a similar rockable clutch element 183. A gear 184 (FIG. 3) isdisposed at the rear side of the rear cross plate 76 of the machineframe and is journalled at one end in the cross-member 76 and at itsother end in a bracket plate 185 supported rearwardly of thecross-member 76 in parallel relationship thereto. A clutch plate 186 isdisposed at the front side of the cross-member 76 and concentricallysecured to the gear 184. This clutch plate is provided with an aperturein which a tongue 187 on the rockable clutch element 182 engages whenthe clutch element is rocked to operative position. A second gear 188 isdisposed between the cross-member 76 and the bracket plate 185 and isjournalled in these members. A clutch plate 189, disposed at the frontside of the member 76, is concentrically secured to the gear 188 and isprovided with an aperture in which a tongue 190 on the clutch element183 engages when this clutch element is rocked to operative position.With this arrangement, either the gear 184 or the gear 188 will beturned when the corresponding clutch element 182 or 183 is rocked tooperative position. Means, not illustrated, are provided to precludeboth of the clutch elements moving to operative position at the sametime.

The gear 188 meshes directly with the larger gear 191 of a compound gearjournalled on an axle 192 disposed between the gears 184 and 188. Thesmaller gear 193 of the compound gear meshes with a larger gear 194mounted on an axle 195 disposed directly above the axle 192. The gear184 meshes with a reversing gear 196, which, in turn, meshes with thelarger gear 191 of the compound gear so that the gears`188 and 184 willturn the compound gear and, consequently, the gear 194 in respectivelyopposite directions. A disk 197 is rigidly mounted on the axle 195 atthe rear side of the gear 194, so that the gear 194 and the disk 197rotate together. The disk carries four pins 198 which project forwardlyfrom the front side of the disk and are arranged at angular intervalsaround the disk and uniformly spaced from the axle 195. A rack '288 isadjustably mounted on the rear side of the carriage frame member 158,which rack is provided in its lower edge with spaced-apart notches 281in which the pins 198 engage to shift the carriage when the disk 197 isrotated. The ratio of the several gears driving the disk 197 is suchthat the disk is turned through an angle of approximately 90 for eachcomplete cycle of the calculating machine. This will move one of thepins 198 into engagement in a corresponding notch 281 in the shift rack'280, will move the shift rack and the carriage one ordinal space in theselected direction and will leave the pin sufficiently engaged in thenotch to preclude accidental shifting movement of the carriage.Right-hand and left-hand override pawls 282 and 283 are pivotallymounted on the carriage frame at the respectively opposite ends of theshift rack 280. These pawls are resiliently held in position to beengaged by the pins 198 by springs 284 and 205 but are rockable againstthe force of these springs so that the disk 197 can continue to turnafter the carriage has reached its terminal position in eitherdirection. Rocking of the override pawls by the pins 198 is used tocondition the mechanism for returning the carriage in the oppositedirection from a terminal position.

The disk 197 is locked at any position of the carriage by means of apair of bellcrank levers 206 and 207 which are pivotally mounted attheir angles on the rear crossmember 76 and extend upwardly from theirpivotal mountings into engagement with radially projecting lugs on theperiphery of the disk 197. These levers are urged into locking positionby a spring 288 connected between the levers, and are moved away fromeach other to release the disk by a rocking lever 289 actuated by a cam218. The cam 218 is mounted on a rearward extension e of the thirdactuator shaft 185 from the righthand side of the actuating mechanism.The relationship between this cam and the clutch elements 182 and 183 issuch that the cam acts to release the disk from the locking levers 286and 287 before either of the clutches can engage to turn the disk 197.

The tiltable clutch elements 182 and 183 are controlled by actuatingyokes 211 and 212, respectively, mounted on the rear ends ofcorresponding push rods 213 and 214. rlhe push rods 213 and 214 extendthrough the transverse frame member 72 and are urged forwardly bycompression springs 220 and 221 acting lbetween collars fixed on thepush rods and the front side of the cross-member 72.

The above-described `carriage shift mechanism is fully shown in PatentNo. 2,636,678, patented April 28, 1953 by Morton P. Matthew, to whichpatent reference may be had for a more complete illustration anddescription of the mechanism.

A shaft 222 is supported by the machine frame forwardly of, and inspaced relationship to, the transverse frame member 72, and a cam arm223 projects upwardly from the right-hand end of this shaft. rl`he camarm 223 is engaged by a pin, not illustrated, on the stern of the leftshift key 28 to rock the shaft 222 when this key is depressed.

An arm 224 is secured to the shaft 222 adjacent the front end of theleft shift clutch control rod 214 and extends downwardly from the shaft.A pusher link 225 is pivotally connected at its forward end to the lowerend of the arm 224 and extends rearwardly into engagement with the frontend of the rod 214 to force this rod rear wardly and engage the leftshift clutch when the shaft 222 is rocked. A sleeve 226 is rotatablymounted on the shaft 222 to the left of the arm 224 and carries down*wardly projecting arms 227 and 228, one at each end of the sleeve. Theright-hand arm 227 is spaced from the arm 224 by a spacer sleeve 229surrounding the sleeve. A pin 230 projects to the right from the lowerend of the arm 227 into opposition to the front end of the control Asleeve 231 rotatably mounted on tlie shaft 222 between a positionadjacent the front end of the right shift clutch control rod 213 and thecam arm 223. A cam arm 232 projects upwardly from the right-hand end ofthe sleeve 231 and is engaged by a pin, not illustrated, on the stem ofthe right shift key 27 to rock the sleeve 231 when this key isdepressed. `A lever arm 233 is secured to theleft-hand end of the sleeve231 and extends downwardly from the sleeve. A pusher link 234 ispivotally connected at its front end to the lower end of the arm 233 andengages, at its control rod 213, so that rearwardly to engage the shiftkey 27 is depremed.

The above-described mechanism is effective to shift the carriage ineither direction upon actuation of the corresponding manual shift key 27or 28.

An ovenride slide 235 (FIG. 4) is slidably mounted on the rear side ofthe rear transverse member 76 at the right-hand end of this member. Theslide is forced downwardly by the right-hand override pawl 202 duringthe cycle following the cycle in which the carriage is moved to itsterminal left-hand position. Suitable link and lever mechanism, notillustrated herein, but such as that shown in Patent No. 2,634,053,patented April 7, 1953, by Grant C. Ellerbeck, is interposed between theoverride slide 235 and the left shift pusher link 225 to raise this linkout of engagement with the left shift control rod 214 when the overrideslide is moved downwardly during the lirst cycle after the carriage hasreached its terminal left-hand position to terminate operation of thecarriage shifting mechamsm.

When the left-hand override pawl 203 is rocked during the cyclefollowing a cycle in which the carriage is moved to its terminalright-hand position, the override pawl engages a pin 236 carried by alever 237 and rocks this lever about its pivotal mounting 238. The lever237 carries a pin 239 which engages one arm 240 of a threearmedlever-'241 and rocks the lever 241 about its pivotal mounting 242. Asecond arm 243 of the lever 241 has a terminal formation 244 whichengages under a pin 245 carried at the rear end of a lever 246. As shownin FIG. 3, the lever 246 is pivotally mounted intermediate its length onan add-subtract gate shaft 248 of the machine and is rocked in acounter-clockwise direction when the lever 241 is rocked by the lever237. At its front end, the lever 246 is connected to the rear end of alever 249 by a pin 250 extending from the lever 246 through a slot inthe lever 249. The lever 249 is pivoted intermediate its length on apivotal mounting 251 carried by a bracket 252 mounted on the transverseframe member 72. The lever extends forwardly of this frame member sothat its front end underlies the lower edge of the pusher link 234. Thelever is provided at its front end with an angularly offset ear 253 andthe pusher link has a lower, rearwardly` directed finger formation 254resting on the ear 253. With this arrangement, when the carriage hasybeen moved to its terminal right-hand position, the pusher link 234 isrocked upwardly -to release the control rod 213 and thereby disable theright shift clutch of the machine.

Add-subtract control mechanism An add-subtract gate (FIG. 3) is mountedon the rockable gate shaft 248 and comprises a transversely extending,flat strap por-tion 255 disposed immediately below the intermediateportions and between 'the terminal gear formations of all of theadd-subtract spools 100'. The strap portion 255 is mounted on the shaft24S by legs, one of which is indicated at 256 in FIG. 16. These legsextend downwardly from the respectively opposite ends of the strapportion and are secured at their lower ends to rear end, the front endof the this cont-rol rod will be moved right shift clutch when the rightA(FIG. 5) which is secured vat its 10 the shaft 248. When theadd-subtract gate is rocked, it will move the spools `feither forwardlyor backwardly to bring the terminal gear formations 161 or 102 into meshywith the coordinal dial turning gears 156.

When the gate is rocked forwardly, the subtract gears 102 will |bebrought into mesh with the dial shaft gears 156; and when the gate isrocked rearwardly, the add gears 101 will be brought into mesh with thedial gears. When the gate is in its centered, or neutral, position, bothgears 101 and 102 will be clear of the corresponding gears 156 and thecarriage can then be shifted longitudinally without interference betweenthe dial driving gears.

Referring to FEG. 6, an add-subtract slide 25'7 is slidably mounted onthe control plate '77 at the inner, or lefthand, side of the this plate,md has inclined cam edges 258 `and 259 which are engaged by studs 266and 261 carried by the stems of the addition key 25 and subtraction key26, respectively. The cam edges are oppositely inclined and so arrangedthat when the addition key 25 is depressed, the slide 257 is movedrearwardly; and when the subtraction key 26 is depressed, the slide 257is moved forwardly. Near its rear end and rearwardly of the controlplate 77, the slide 257 is pivotally connected by a pin 262 to the upperend of an arm 263 lower end to the yrighthand end of the add-subtractgate shaft 248 and extends upwardly from rthis, shaft.

the machine can be selectively connected to the accumulator register foradditive or subtractive operation.

Tens-transfer mechanism A tens-transfer gear 265 (FIG. 3) is slidablymounted on each of the square shafts 95 rearwardly of the transverseframe member 74 and each of these gears is rotatable with, and LeHectiveto drive, the corresponding square shaft. Each gear 265 has a rearwardlyextending hub carrying two spaced-apart, annular flanges 266 and 267.Each of the tens-transfer levers front end with a downwardly extendinglug 268 which extends between the flanges of the transfer, gear of theorder next above the tens-transfer cam 157 which engages the oppositeend of the tens-transfer level'. With this arrangement, when a dial isturned through its "9 to 0 position, its tens-transfer cam 157 will rockthe associated tens-transfer lever 158 and the lever will move thetenstransfer gear 265 of the next higher order forwardly. Detenting pins270 are disposed, one below each square shaft 95, and are slidablymounted in the frame crossmember 75 and in a crossbar 271 disposedrearwardly of, yand parallel to, the member 75. Each transfer pincarries a pair of'spaced-apart annular flanges 272 and the rear flange267 of the coordinal tens-transfer gear extends between the flanges 272so that the pin 270 moves with the coordinal tens-transfer gear. Eachpin 270 is resiliently detented in either position of the associatedgear to'hold the gear either in its retracted, or inoperative, positionor in its extended, or operative position until the tens-transfer haslbeen completed. Each actuator shaft carries a pair of radiallyprojecting tenstransfer teeth, as indicated at 273, which are sopositioned that when an associated tens-transfer gear is projected, theappropriate toothwill engage the gear and rotate it through one unitspace of rotation, thereby turrn'ng the associated square shaft 95 andcoordinal register dial assembly to add a unit to, or subtract a unitfrom, the register dial. Each actuator shaft also carries aspirally-shaped restore cam 274, which cams engage the front ends of anyprojected detenting pins 270 and restore the pins and the associatedtens-transfer gears 265 to their retracted, or inoperative, positionafter the tenstransfer has been accomplished. p

This tens-transfer mechanism will accomplish the tenstransfers for allof the register orders which are in registry with the square shafts 95and add subtract-spools 100 Thus, by rocking the addsubtract gate, theselection and actuation mechanism ofA 158 is provided at its of theactuating mechanism. However, in order tocarry the ten-transfers to thehigher orders of the register dials, which are outboard to the left ofthe actuating mechanism, an extended tens-transfer mechanism is requiredand will be later described.

Automatic register clearing As shown in FIG. 5, the fifth actuator shaft185 from the right-hand side cf the machine is extended rearwardly, asindicated at 18571, and carries a clutch element 275 which is engageablewith a clutch disk 276 which drives the automatic register clearingmechanism of the machine. The clutch element 275 is controlled by acontrol rod 277 carrying a clutch element engaging yoke 27 8 on its rearend. This rod extends slidably through the cross-member 72 and isresiliently urged forwardly to disengage the automatic clear clutch by acompression spring 279 acting between a collar on the rod and the frontside of the cross-member 72. The disk 276 drives a cam 285 disposed atthe rear side of the rear crossmernber 76. A lever 286, best shown inFiG. 4, is pivoted at its lower end on the rear cross-member 76 at 287and carries, intermediate its lengt a roller 288 which rides on theperiphery of the cam 285. The upper end of the lever 285 is engageablewith an abutment member 289 secured to a slide '2.98. The slide 291) ismounted on the upper rear portion of the carriage frame member 150 andis selectively connected to the register clear racks 161 and 172 throughmeans operated by the hand knobs 65 and 66 shown in FIG. 1, such as thatdescribed in Patent No. 2,294,083, issued to Carl M. Friden on August25, l942.

With this arrangement, when the carriage is moved to its terminalleft-hand position and the clutch element 275 engaged with the clutchdisk 276 to rotate the cam 285, the registers will be selectivelycleared by power operation of the machine. The left shift and automaticclearing operation is established by depression of the dividendtabulating key 38 or the register clear key 32 through mechanism notillustrated herein but similar to that shown in Patent No. 2,403,273,patented July 2, 1946 by C. M. Friden et al.

Extended tens-transfer mechanism A sixth actuator shaft 105e (FIGS. 5and l1) is provided at the left-hand side of the actuating mechanism andis driven from the main power shaft 1li). This actuator shaft does notcarry stepped actuating drums T186 and 1,97, but, instead, carries adisk 291 positioned between the transverse frame members 72 and 75. Apin 292 projects forwardly from the disk 291 eccentrioally of the shaft105C to function in the control of the division programming mechanism,as will be later described.

The actuator shaft 165e terminates at the rear side of the frame member75 and carries, between the member 75 and the cross-niember 74, arestore cam 274 (FIG. l2) and transfer gear actuating tooth 273.

Two extra square shafts 95a and 951), particularly illustrated in FIGS.ll and l2, are disposed above, and at respectively opposite sides of,the supplementary actuator shaft 195e and each of these square shaftscarries a tenstransfer gear 265 but neither of them carries anyselection gear 96 or 97. rl`he square shafts 95a and 95h also carryadd-subtract spools 100 which are in alignment with the eleventh andtwelfth orders of the accumulator register when the carriage 60 is inits terminal left-hand position. The transfer gears on the square shafts95a and 95h are set by the tenth and eleventh orders of the accumulatorregister when the carriage is in its left-hand position, as statedabove, so that transfers will be made to the twelfth order of theregister in the same manner that they are carried through the first tenorders. Since the register illustrated has twenty orders, this willleave eight orders of the register outboard of the actuator driventens-transfer mechanism when the carriage is in its terminal left-handposition. In order to carry tenstransfers through the outboard orders ofthe register, an

'l2 extended transfer mechanism is provided, as shown in FIGS. 13, 14,15 and 16.

The extended tens-transfer mechanism is fully illustrated and describedin Patent No. 2,597,507, patented May 20, 1952, :by Anthony B. Machadoet al., and will be only briefly described herein. Each of the dialshafts 155 of the upper eight orders of the register carries, within theinterior of the carriage frame member 150, a spur gear 295 and asingle-tooth transfer gear 296. The spur gears on the dial shafts of theodd numbered orders of the upper eight orders are disposed above thespur gears on the shafts of the even numbered orders. The single-toothedgears are disposed below the spur gears on the odd numbered orders whilethe singletoothed gears of the even numbered orders are disposed albovethe corresponding spur gears. A series of axles 297 is mounted in thefront portion of the carriage frame member and each of these axles isdisposed forwardly of, and substantially midway between, two adjacentdial shafts 155, beginning with the axle between the twelfth andthirteenth order dial shafts of the register. A spur gear 298 isslidably and rotatably mounted on each of the axles 297. A spring 299surrounding each axle 297 between its associated gear 298 and an upperbearing plate 380 resiliently urges the gear 298 downwardly to aposition in which it is in mesh with the gear 295 in the orderimmediately above it and is engageable by the single-toothed gear 296 inthe order immediately below it.

With this arrangement, if a lower order dial is turned through itstens-transfer position, i.e., its 9 to its 0 position, thesingle-toothed transfer gear on its shaft will engage the associatedgear 298 and turn the tens-toothed gear 298 through a one-toothed angle.The gear 298 will then turn the associated gear 295 of the next higherorder through a one-tooth angle, or unit space, to add a unit to, orsubtract a unit from, the dial of such next higher order. If all of theupper eight dials of the register were set at 9 and a tens-transfer weremade into the first of these outboard dials from the twelfth orderregister dial, the transfer would be carried entirely through the uppereight orders to the twentieth order of the register, and likewise, ifthe upper eight dials were all setting at 0 and a negative transfer weremade into the thirteenth order dial, this transfer would likewise becarried through to the twentieth order.

If any one of the gears 298 be raised against the force of theassociated spring 299 to a position in which it is out of alignment withthe corresponding single-tooth transfer gear 296, the tens-transferbetween the two register orders serviced by the particular gear 298 willbe disabled. It will be noted that the gears 295 are wider than thegears 298, so that the gears 298 can be moved into, and out of, registrywith the corresponding singletoothed gears 296 without becomingdisengaged from their corresponding gears 295. This will preclude anyrotational misalignment of associated gears 298 and 295 and avoid anyerrors in making the proper transfers.

Means are provided for `individually or collectively moving the gears298 to inoperative position, and comprise a shaft 305 extending alongthe front side of the carriage past the upper eight orders of theaccumulator register and supported at its ends by angle brackets 306 and307 secured to the register frame. Eight separate bails 308 are rockablymounted in end-to-end relationship on the shaft 305. Each 4bail isprovided at each end thereof with a perpendicularly offset ear 309apertured to receive the shaft 305, andV with a rearwardly extendingtongue 310 whichA extends under the coordi-nal gear 298 or under aflange 311 secured to, and spaced above,

the coordinal gear. Each bail 308 also has a downwardly extending tab312, and the arrangement is such that when the tab 312 of any bail isforced inwardly, or rearwardly, the coordinal gear 298 is raised to aninoperative position against the force of the associated spring 299.

A continuous bail 313 extends past all of the individual bail tabs 312and is rockably mounted on the shaft 305 by terminal ears 314 and 315.This bail is engageable with all of thetabs 312 of the individual bails308 and is effective, when rocked rearwardly, to disable all of theextended tens-transfer units. It will be noted that the upper eight dialassemblies of the accumulator, or dividend, register are provided withdial driving gears 156 and tens-transfer levers 158 for operation ofthese dial units when the same are moved inboard of the machine byright-hand shifting of the carriage.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 16, a fixed rail 316 is mounted by suitablebrackets, as indicated at 317, on the transverse frame member 74. Therail is disposed rearwardly of the transverse member 74 in position toengage the tabs 312 of the Ibails I308 and force these tabs rearwardlyas the 'bails 308 are moved inboard of the normal tens-transfermechanism of the machine. The rail extends from the left-hand side ofthe actuating mechanism, or from the twelfth order position when' thecarriage is in its terminal left-hand position, for a distance of eightorders of the accumulator register, so that all of the orders of theextended tens-transfer mechanism will be disabled when the carriage isin its terminal right-hand position and all of the left-hand orders ofthe accumulator register are inboard of the machine. The rail 316 isprovided at its opposite ends with forwardly inclined ears, ror ramps,318 and 319, which ramps are effective to force lthe tabs 312 rearwardlyas the tabs are moved past eitherr end and particularly as they aremoved past the left-hand end of the fixed rail. The fixed rail 316 isthus effective to disable each order of the extended tens-transfermechanism that is moved inboard of the regular tens-transfer mechanismof the machine and to maintain such extended tens-transfer unitsdisabled until they are again moved outboard of the regular tenstransfermechanism. f

It will bey noted that the xed rail 316 is` disposed below thecontinuous bail 313 so that either of these elements can engage the bail-tabs 312 without interference by the other element.

It is desirable to provide means for disabling the extendedtens-transfer ymechanism when the machine is in full-cycle position sothat the accumulative, or product, register can be manually set by meansof the twirler knobs 64 on the dial assemblies and so that this registercan be manually cleared byY operation of the clearing knob 65. It isalso desirable that the extended tenstransfermechanism should bedisabled when the addsubtract gate 55 is in its centered, or neutral,position so that the power clearing mechanism can operate to clear theaccumulator register without operating the .extended tens-transfermechanism. Suitable mechanism for so disabling the extendedtens-transfer mechanism isshown in FIG. 16 to which reference may now behad.

A cam 320 is mounted on the left-hand end of the main power shaft 110 atthe left-hand, or outer, side of the left-hand `side plate 70. AIbellcrank lever 321 is pivotally mounted at its angle on a ypivot stud322 and carries, at the front end of an arm 323 thereof, a roller 324bearing against the edge of the cam 320. The second arm 325 of thisbellcrank lever extends` downwardly from the pivot stud 3 22 `andcarries, at its lower end, an adjustable yabutment device 326 and aspring attaching ear 327 spaced forwardly fromthe abutment 326. A spring328, connected between the lever arm 323 and a xed stud 329, resilientlyholds rthe roller 324 in engagement with the cam 320.y y

A three-armed lever 330 is pivotally mounted at the juncture of its armson the pivot stud 322 and has an arm 331 projecting yforwardly from thepivot stud 322 along the lever arm 323 and provided at its front endwith a spring attaching ear 332. The three-armed lever has. a ksecondarm 333 extending downwardly from the pivot st-ud 322 past theadjustable abutment 326, and has ay vconnected between the ear third arm334 extending upwardly vfrom the pivot stud. A tension spring 335,connected between the ears 327 and 332, resiliently rotates the lever330 relative to the lever 321 to hold the rear edge of the lever arm 333in engagement4 with the adjustable abutment 326. An extension 336 isadjustably connected to the upper portion of the lever arm 334 andextends upwardly above the upper end of this lever arm. The extension336 carries a roller 337 which is positioned to bear against the frontside of the continuous bail 313. The cam 320 is provided with a singlelow portion, which, in the fullcycle position of the cam, as shown inFIG. 16, receives the roller 324 and enables the spring 328 to rock thelevers B21 and 33@ in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG.16. This rocking of the levers by the spring 328 moves the roller 337`rearwardly Iagainst the bail 313y and forces the bail rearwardly. Sincethe bail 313 engages all of the lbail tabs 312, this forces the bailtabs rearwardly, raising the bail tongues 310 to raise the connectinggears 293 to their inoperative position. At a time in a machine cyclebefore a tens-transfer is made from the eleventh to the twelfth order ofthe main tenstransfer mechanism of the machine, the cam 320 moves theroller 324 downwardly. This rocks the levers 321 and 330 in a clockwisedirection, as viewed in FIG. 16, to move t-he roller 337 forwardly, awayfrom the bail 313 Iand thereby release the extended tens-transfermechanisnl. The connecting gears 298 will then be moved downwardly tooperative position by their individual springs 299, so that the extendedtens-transfer mechanism will be enabled 'for the remainder of themachine cycle. Substantially at the end of thecycle, the roller '324will again drop into the low portion of the cam 32?, thereby freeing thespring 328 to again disable the extended tenstransfer mechanism. A stoppin 338 extends outwardly from thekside plate 70 in position to beengaged by the rear edge of the lever arm 334 and provide a positivestop for rocking movement of the lever 330` by the spring 328 when thislever has been =fully moved to its 'tenstransfer disabling position. i

The left-hand arm, or leg, 256 of the add-subtract gate 255 is provided,near its lower end, with a rearward extension 340 and a forwardextension 341. A lever arm 342 is pivotally mounted intermediate itslength on the extension 341 by a pivotal mounting 343 and has, at itsfront end, an olfset rear engageable with `a rearwardly projectingfinger 344 on the lower end of the lever arm 338. A second lever arm 345is pivotally mounted at its rear end of the rearward extension 340 ofthe leg 256 by a pivotalmounting 346. This lever arm is provided, at therearward and forward sides of the pivotal mounting 343, with otset ears347 and 348 which underlie the bottom edge of the lever arm 342. Aspring 350, 347 and a spring attaching ear 352 on the extension 341l-above the lever 345, resiliently urges the forward portion of thelever 345 upwardly and resiliently holds the lever 342 in position toengage the finger 344, as shown in FIG. y16.

With the above-described arrangement, whenever the add-subtract gate isin its centered, orneutral, position and the cam 320 rocks the levers321 and 33t) to rel lease th-e bail 313 and enable the extendedtens-transfer mechanism, the lever arm 342 will prevent the lever330from rocking and will kthus m-aintain the extended tenstransfermechanism disabled. Although the lever 321 will be rocked by the cam,the spring 335 will stretch so that the lever 33d can be held stationarybythe blocking action of the lever arm 342. f n

When the gate 255k is moved to its addition or its subtraction position,the frontend of the lever 342 will be moved above or below the rearwardend of the finger 344, so that the lever 330 will not be blocked. Thespring 350 permits the add-subtract gate to move freely even thoughthere may be interference or frictional 15 binding between the lever arm342 and the linger 344 at the time the gate is moved.

Division programming mechanism The division key 29 (FIG. 6) nas a flatstem 355 slidably mounted for vertical movement on the control plate 77by sui-table means, such as the rivets 356 and 357 extending throughcorresponding slots in the key stem. The key is resiliently urged to itsupper, or raised, position by a tension spring 35S and is provided atits lower end with an upwardly and rearwardly inclined cam edge 359. Adivision control slide 360 is slidably mounted on the control plate forlongitudinal movement by suitable means, such as the rivets 361, 362 and363 extending through corresponding slots in the slide. A roller stud364- isA carried by the slide 360 and engaged by the cam edge 359 toforce the slide rearwardly when the division key 29 is depressed. Aspring 369, connected between the slide 360 and a fixed stud,resiliently maintains the roller stud 364 in engagement with the camedge 359 of the division key stem.

A division actuating lever '365 (FIG. 7) is disposed at the outer, orright-hand, side of the control plate 77 and is pivotally mountedintermediate its length on a fixed pivotal mounting 355. A strongtension spring 367, connected between the forwardly directed arm of thelever 365 and a fixed st-ud 368, urges the lever 365 to rock in acounter-clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 7.

A division trigger arm 370 is also `disposed at the outer side of thecontrol plate 77 and forwardly of the lever 365. This trigger arm issupported at its lower end on a fixed pivotal mounting 371. A spring372, connected between the lower end of the arm 370 and the stud 358,urges the arm 370 to rock in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed inFiG. 7. Stepped transverse shoulders, or sears, 373 and 374 are providedat the forward side of the arm 370 near the upper end of this arm. Aroller 375, mounted on the lever 365 at the Aforward end of this lever,normally rests on the shoulder 373, so that the trigger arm 370restrains the lever 365 against being rocked by the spring 367. Anextension 376 extends `forwardly from the upper end of the arm 370 andterminates in opposition to a roller stud 377 carried by the divisioncontrol slide 360 and projecting through an opening in the control plate77. The arrangement is such that when the division control slide 360 ismoved rearwardly by ydepression of the division key 29, the trigger arm370 will be rocked in a clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 7, torelease the roller stud 375 from the shoulder 373 and permit the spring367 to rock the actuating lever 365. The movement of the slide 360 issuch, however, that the roller 375 will move only from the shoulder 373to the shoulder 374, which movement is not sufficient to trip oidivision. The machine will thus be conditioned to trip off division bydepression of the division key, but division will not actually betripped olf until a subsequent event in the operation of the machine, aswill be later described in connection with the dividend and divisoraligning mechanism.

rA division programming arm 380 (FlG. 6) is disposed at the inner, orleft-hand, side of the control plate 77 and rockably mounted at itslower end on a pivotal mounting 381. Near its upper end, this arm isprovided with an opening 382 of substantially rectangular shapereceiving a division programming cam 383. The cam 3183 is eccentricallymounted on a programming shaft 384 which extends transversely of themachine and is rotated in response to overdrafts created byoversubtraction of the divisor from the dividend in the machine.

A division connecting lever 385 is pivotally mounted intermediate itslength on the arm 380 by a pivotal mounting 386 carried at the upper endof the arm 380. A link 387 is pivotally connected at its lower end tothe front end of the lever 385. A bellcrank 388, pivactuator shaft e(FIGS. 5 and 11),

o'tally mounted at its angle on a fixed pivot screw 389 located near theforward end of the control plate 77, has a rearwardly directed arm 390pivotally connected at its rearward end to the upper end of the link387. A pin 391 extends `from the lower end of the link 387 through anopening in the control plate 77 and under the bottom edge of theactuating lever 365. With this arrangement, when the actuating lever 365is entirely released from the trigger arm 370 and its front arm isrocked down by the spring 367, it will strike the pin 391 and move thelink 387 downwardly. When the link 387 is forced downwardly, the lever385 is rocked in a clockwise direction and the bellcrank lever 390 isrocked in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 6. Thebellcrank lever 388 has an arm 395 extending upwardly from the pivotscrew 389 and bearing against the forward side of a stud 396 projectingfrom the front end portion of the clutch and motor control slide 137.Thus, when the bellcrank lever 390 is rocked, the motor control slide'137 is moved rearwardly to engage the main clutch off the machine andclose the motor switch to place or continue lthe machine in operation.

The rear end portion of the connecting lever 385 is inclined rearwardlyand upwardly and provided in its upper end with an upwardly openingnotch 397 flanked at its rearward side by an upwardly and rearwardlyinclined cam edge 398. A stud 400 extends to the left from the rearwardportion of the add-subtract gate control slide 257 and, when theconnecting lever 385 is rocked, as indicated above, the cam edge 398forces the stud 400 into the notch 397 to move the add-subtract gateforwardly to subtract position and lock the gate in this position aslong as the cam 383 is in its full-cycle position, as illustrated inFIG. 6. The division programming arm 380 and connecting lever 385 areresiliently urged forwardly by a spring 401 connected between thecontrol plate 77 and the upper portion of the division programming arm380.

A shaft 402 extends transversely of the machine rearwardly of theconnecting lever 385, and an arm 403 projects forwardly from the shaft402 adjacent the lefthand side of the control plate 77. A stud 404projects to the left from the connecting lever 385 and, when theconnecting lever is rocked, the stud 404 engages the arm 403 4andrrooksthe shaft 402 in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 6.

Between the fifth actuator shaft 105d and the sixth an arm 405 isiixedly mounted on, and extends forwardly from, the shaft 402. At thissame general location, a division programming ag 406 is mounted on theshaft 384 and is provided with an upwardly extending finger 407 and adownwardly extending flange 408. The flag 406 is mounted on the shaft384 for free rotational movement relative to the shaft but is heldagainst movement relative to the shaft in a direction longitudinally ofthe shaft by a collar secured to the shaft at the right-hand end of theflag. A llag'set-ting link 409 is pivotally connected at its rear end toa yoke 410 by a pivotal connection 411 and is provided at its front endwith a slot 412 slidably receiving a pin 413 projecting laterally fromthe front-end of the armV 405. The yoke 410 is fixedly mounted on a pin414 which extends slidably through the frame cross-members 75 and 76adjacent the twelfth order detenting pin 270, as shown in FIG. l2. Asshown in FIG. 13, the twentieth order dial shaft 155 carries a singlelobe cam 415 at the top surface of the carriage -frame and, when thistwentieth order dial is moved through its tens-transfer position, orfrom to "9 in subtraction or 9 to 0 in addition, the lobe of the cam 415engages an abutment 416 on a bellcrank lever 417. The bellcrank lever417 has one arm 418 extending along the left-hand end of the carriageframe 1 50 and pivotally Connected ,t9 ,the frame at its left-hand endby a pivot

